Andy Long - ProfilesArchive

About Me

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To buy any of the tracks in the Reverb Nation player as a download please go to my storefront at Unsing Hero. Prices are ridiculously low - $0.75 per track or $7.50 for all thirteen. I'd love for you to visit the site and buy some of the tracks if you want to, or you can just write me a message and tell me what a sell-out I am, either way it's all good.
If you like bass pics please join my group "MyBass" at http://groups.myspace.com/mybassgroup. Post pics of your bass(es) there and check out the photo gallery!
I play bass guitar for a couple of different bands. At the moment I'm with the jazz band Close Quarters (www.closequarters.org.uk) and the worship team at St. Julian's Baptist Church in Newport, South Wales (www.sjbaptist.com). I also very rarely like to play a short solo bass set, this is something I'm trying to expand.....watch this space!
In the past I've played for a variety of rock bands including 3rd Day Rising and Third World Cafe.
The tracks I've uploaded are solo or duo (or even trio) bass compositions that I have recorded at home using my Status S2 Classic six-string bass and the Apple software Garageband. I'm currently working on putting together a set of tracks that I can play live as a soloist, using loops and effects, so I'm replacing some of the tracks here with new pieces from that set. The first of these is "Sleeping Planet", there's also a video of me playing that track live in my videos.
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Member Since: 2/9/2006
Band Website: thirdbass.co.uk
Band Members: er....just me....they're solo tracks (duh!)

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Influences: These are the people who are directly responsible for making me into the musician that I am today (good or bad!)
Jackie & Joel Long, Chris Edwards, Norman Barratt, Ian Harris, Mike Spear, Mark Ruebery, Matt Sage, Peter Banks, Steve Lawson, Jon Airdrie - more to follow........
These are the bass players that inspire me, uplift me, make me want to grow as a musician and occassionaly make me want to throw my bass into the Usk!
Steve Lawson, Chris Squire, John Paul Jones, Jaco Pastorius, Michael Manring, Stew McKinsey, Nick Beggs, Joseph Patrick Moore, Alun Vaughan, John Lester, Tony Levin, John Entwistle, Trip Walmsley, Todd Johnson, Norm Stockton, Gregory Bruce Campbell, Andy Sussman, Les Holroyd, Norman Watt-Roy, Geddy Lee, Graham Clark, Brittany Frompovich.
And these are the bands and artists that have touched my soul
Yes, King Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Barclay James Harvest, The Barratt Band, Weather Report, Camel, Caravan, Eagles, ELP, Genesis, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Geoff Mann, Nektar, PFM, Van Der Graaf Generator, Rick Wakeman, Rush, Fruup, The Shadows.
Sounds Like: to be heard. (don't they?). Answers on a postcard.
Andy Long - Sleeping Planet

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The South Wales Shadows Club plays 'Nivram'

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My Blog

Dead coomputer - no e-mails please!

Hi allMy computer is going to be offline for a few weeks, because it has conked out! It's going to the local Mac repair shop, but there is a waiting list so in the meantime I won't be able to pick up...
Posted by Andy Long on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:08:00 PST

MY son’s 18th!

Well I am officially an old man now. My son, Joel, was 18 years old on Saturday!We held a party for him and invited all his family and friends to a local club for a spot of revelry. Joel had quite a...
Posted by Andy Long on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:24:00 PST

Excellent news about Todd’s Masterclass!

Hi allI just got the following message from the promoter for Todd Johnson's Masterclass Weekend in Cardiff" I want Bass Masterclass to be a good service to all the players who want to attend courses, ...
Posted by Andy Long on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:17:00 PST

Todd Johnson UK Masterclass

Good news for UK bassists...Yesterday I got an e-mail from Todd Johnson about a teaching visit he is making to the UK in March.There will be a two day event in Cardiff and a one day event in Guildford...
Posted by Andy Long on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:59:00 PST

Yucky Christmas

In case any of you were wondering where I've been over Christmas, the answer is - in bed!I've have had really shocking flu since Christmas Day, not Manflu either, proper flu! I have not been able to ...
Posted by Andy Long on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:20:00 PST

Unsung Hero

The guys over at Unsung Hero are busily expanding their sevices and have come up woth a handy little button that links direct to my storefront, so here it is : Visit Andy Longon Unsung Heroget over th...
Posted by Andy Long on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:58:00 PST

Good King Wenceslas part 2

...so this is my Christmas tune for this year. A duet with Peter Banks (neither of the famous ones) at the piano. We recorded it live through a small p.a. so no overdubs and no editing. I think thi...
Posted by Andy Long on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:44:00 PST

Good King Wenceslas part 1

a quote from the Oxford Book Of Carols :"This rather confused narrative owes it's popularity to the delightful tune, which is that of a Spring carol, 'Tempest adest floridum'. Unfortunatley Neale in ...
Posted by Andy Long on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:40:00 PST

’Sleeping Planet’ on today’s playlist at www.unsungherorevoution.com

'Sleeping Planet' has been added to today's front page playlist on www.unsungherorevolution.com. If you visit the site the playlist begins to play automatically, you won't hear 'Sleeping Planet' stra...
Posted by Andy Long on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:36:00 PST

All tracks now available as downloads (cheap!)

I've been thinking for a while about dipping my toes in the ocean of download sales and I've finally sorted it all out (just about - I think).I've now got a profile at Reverb nation where I've posted ...
Posted by Andy Long on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST